The Exotic Fruit Forum

Depending where you are from, some fruit is more exotic than others. I learned that in this world there is fruit that almost no one knows about. Just thought I would make a place for folks to share their strange fruit stories.

This is the super rare strange White Mango. They do grow in different parts of the world. They are a little of a legend. They are two times more heavy than an avocado and have somewhat of an avocado texture. They are paper white on the inside and really don't taste anything like a regular mango.

I have seen thirty diffeent types of bannanas though not as interesting as these mangoes.

Purple Pasion Fruit, Orange Pasion Fruit, Yellow Watermellon, Mangosteen? Lets hear your stories.

This is the Honey Mango. People eat them when they are hard. A perfect mixture of sour, tart and sweet.

Loquat? I may have had them? I will look for those.
 

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Originally Posted by jjinh 

Mangosteen are one of my favourite fruits, but they can get a bit pricey around here.

 

Anyone here like loquat? I buried a couple of seeds in my backyard a few years ago and I got my first crop of fruit this year. Yummy :)

 

 

 

 

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Originally Posted by jjinh 

Another one of my favourites are just coming into season around here

 

Those look fantasic, RAMBUTAN is what they are called here on the Island. I love them. Did you take that picture yourself? I just noticed a huge White Mango tree across the valley I will photograph it and post it. It is totally amazing as they are in season at this very time!

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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik 

Do plantanes count?  I love those, especially when sliced and fried.

To me that is totally exotic. I grew-up with apples, grapefruit, grapes, bananas, oranges and pears so fried bananas are exotic. We actually have over 20 different types of bananas and one or maybe two that they fry. They are short and stubby not long and thin like the plantanes. But that is the total fun of the Exotic Fruit Forum. You lean about stuff that you may get a chance to try on trips as well as cool stuff to look for in the market. Hopefully we will get some folks who work in the food industry that can enlighten us.

No one seems to know all there is to know about fruit and the preparation of it. Even in our information rich age, there is still many mysteries concerning the preparation and consummation of certain types of fruit. I would guess it's most due to local crops as well as local culture. You are always going to find something new and exciting in the world of fruit.

Future post of mine will include Snake Fruit, Pink and Red Dragon Fruit, if no one beats me to it with some posts. There are rare Yellow Kiwi Fruit as well as many different types of coconuts. I will post an interesting dish in the future where coconut is actually cooked on small lantern stoves and mixed with sugar and flower. The kerosene taste is part of the allure of the product. 

Folks can post anything they want from dishes made with fruit to questions about interesting fruit. For me much of the fruit I never was interested in has become a subject of curiosity now that I tried so much. Once you realize that there is a lot of fruit that's cool and that you have only tried a small portion of what's in the World, it really makes you wonder.